[Werner]

Katy,

Originally Posted by katy

I'm wondering, why the tie wire on the distributor body terminals?

This is made with hard fuse wire from aircraft maintenance and a drill pliers. The reason is that the remanufactured contact strips from the distributor arm to the spark plugs have too less spring tension to lie tightly against the spark contacts.
The wires I drilled are bent down in an S-bend and are tight.